Sexual function in postpartum women treated for depression: Results from a randomized trial of nortriptyline versus sertraline

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 423-428

  Lanza Di Scalea, Teresa ^a,b   Hanusa, Barbara H ^a   Wisner, Katherine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORTRIPTYLINE; SERTRALINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; LIBIDO; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; AROUSAL; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NORTRIPTYLINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SERTRALINE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64149115329     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.08m04625     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Borders N. After the afterbirth: a critical review of postpartum health relative to method of delivery. J Midwifery Womens Health 2006;51:242-248 (Pubitemid 43923684)
2. Signorello LB, Harlow BL, Chekos AK, et al. Postpartum sexual functioning and its relationship to perineal trauma: a retrospective cohort study of primiparous women. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2001;184:881-888 (Pubitemid 32368106)
3. Barrett G, Pendry E, Peacock J, et al. Women's sexual health after childbirth. BJOG 2000;107:186-195 (Pubitemid 30081584)
4. Von Sydow K. Sexuality during pregnancy and after childbirth: a metacontent analysis of 59 studies. J Psychosom Res 1999;47:27-49 (Pubitemid 29416734)
5. Brown S, Lumley J. Maternal health after childbirth: results of an Australian population based survey. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1998;105:156-161 (Pubitemid 28096293)
6. Waterstone M, Wolfe C, Hooper R, et al. Postnatal morbidity after childbirth and severe obstetric morbidity. BJOG 2003;110:128-133 (Pubitemid 36263107)
7. Handa VL. Sexual function after childbirth. Semin Perinat 2006;30:253-256 (Pubitemid 44436578)
8. De Judicibus MA, McCabe MP. Psychological factors and the sexuality of pregnant and postpartum women. J Sex Res 2002;39:94-103 (Pubitemid 34977281)
9. Baldwin DS. Depression and sexual dysfunction. Br Med Bull 2001;57:81-99
10. Mathew RJ, Weinman ML. Sexual dysfunctions in depression. Arch Sex Behav 1982;11:323-328 (Pubitemid 13248990)
11. Kennedy SH, Dickens SE, Eisfeld BS, et al. Sexual dysfunction before antidepressant therapy in major depression. J Affect Disord 1999;56:201-208 (Pubitemid 30058223)
12. Casper RC, Redmond DE Jr, Katz MM, et al. Somatic symptoms in primary affective disorders: presence and relationship to the classification of depression. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1985;42:1098-1104
13. Bonierbale M, Lancon C, Tignol J. The ELIXIR study: evaluation of sexual dysfunction in 4557 depressed patients in France. Curr Med Res Opin 2003;19(2):114-124 (Pubitemid 36548126)
14. Williams VSL, Baldwin DS, Hogue SL, et al. Estimating the prevalence and impact of antidepressant-induced sexual dysfunction in 2 European countries: a cross-sectional patient survey. J Clin Psychiatry 2006;67(2):204-210 (Pubitemid 43357465)
15. Seedat S, Stein DJ, Berk M, et al. Barriers to treatment among members of a mental health advocacy group in South Africa. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2002;37:483-487 (Pubitemid 36067972)
16. Zajecka JM. Clinical issues in long-term treatment with antidepressants. J Clin Psychiatry 2000;61(suppl 2):20-25 (Pubitemid 30131899)
17. Kessler R. Advocacy groups: a cross-national comparison. In: New Research Program and Abstracts of the 151st Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association; June 3, 1998; Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Abstract NR596:228
18. Rosen RC, Lane RM, Menza M. Effects of SSRI on sexual function: a critical review. J Clin Psychopharmacol 1999;19:67-85 (Pubitemid 29047334)
19. Laird LK. Sexual dysfunction on fluvoxamine therapy [letter with reply]. J Clin Psychiatry 2000;61(1):62-63
20. Ducrocq F. Depression and sexual disorders. Encephale 1999;25:515-516
21. Laumann EO, Park A, Rosen RC. Sexual dysfunction in the United States: prevalence and predictors. JAMA 1999;281:537-544 (Pubitemid 29081307)
22. Montejo-González AL, Llorca G, Izquierdo JA, et al. SSRI-induced sexual dysfunction: fluoxetine, paroxetine, sertraline and fluvoxamine in prospective multicentric and descriptive clinical study of 344 patients. J Sex Marital Ther 1997;23:176-194 (Pubitemid 27514710)
23. Kennedy SH, Eisfeld BS, Dickens SE, et al. Antidepressant-induced sexual dysfunction during treatment with moclobemide, paroxetine, sertraline and venlafaxine. J Clin Psychiatry 2000;61(4):276-281 (Pubitemid 30305369)
24. Gjerdingen DK, Froberg DG, Chaloner KM, et al. Changes in women's physical health during the first postpartum year. Arch Fam Med 1993;2:277-283
25. Landén M, Högberg P, Thase ME. Incidence of sexual side effects in refractory depression during treatment with citalopram or paroxetine. J Clin Psychiatry 2005;66(1):100-106
26. Pastore L, Owens A, Raymond C. Postpartum sexuality concerns among first-time parents from one US academic hospital. J Sex Med 2007 Jan;4:115-123 (Pubitemid 46002373)
27. Mason L, Glenn S, Walton I, et al. Women's reluctance to seek help for stress incontinence during pregnancy and following childbirth. Midwifery 2001;17:212-221 (Pubitemid 33660520)
28. Wisner KL, Hanusa BH, Perel JM, et al. Postpartum depression: a randomized trial of sertraline versus nortriptyline. J Clin Psychopharmacol 2006;26:353-360 (Pubitemid 44187636)
29. Hamilton M. A rating scale for depression. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1960;23:56-62
30. McGahuey CA, Gelenberg AJ, Laukes CA, et al. The Arizona Sexual Experience Scale (ASEX): reliability and validity. J Sex Marital Ther 2000;26:25-40 (Pubitemid 30046590)
31. Wisner KL, Sit DKY, Hanusa BH, et al. Reply to Drs. Henderson and Vale [letter]. J Clin Psychopharmacol 2007;27:(3):322-325 (Pubitemid 46763332)
32. Cyranowski J, Bromberger J, Youk A, et al. Lifetime depression history and sexual function in women at midlife. Arch Sex Behav 2004;6:539-548 (Pubitemid 39382623)
33. Cyranowski JM, Frank E, Cherry C, et al. Prospective assessment of sexual function in women treated for recurrent major depression. J Psychiatr Res 2004;38:267-273 (Pubitemid 38299164)
34. Zajecka J, Dunner DL, Gelenberg AJ, et al. Sexual function and satisfaction in the treatment of chronic major depression with nefazodone, psychotherapy, and their combination. J Clin Psychiatry 2002;63(8):709-716
35. Clayton AH, McGarvey EL, Clavet GJ, et al. Comparison of sexual functioning in clinical and nonclinical populations using the Changes in Sexual Functioning Questionnaire (CSFQ). Psychopharmacol Bull 1997;33:747-753 (Pubitemid 28128130)
36. Levine SB. The nature of sexual desire: a clinician's perspective. Arch Sex Behav 2003;32:279-285 (Pubitemid 38090843)